GoogleApps in the Classroom

GoogleApps for Education--with the free Postini Message Security--is certainly spreading in Texas. For example, I've heard of the following Texas districts that are switching (or already have) to GoogleApps for Education to replace their in-district email systems (please let me know of others I've missed):

1. Chapel Hill ISD
2. Conroe ISD
3. White Oak ISD

Other districts are still considering it:

1. Magnolia ISD

Obviously, these two lists are incomplete! Please leave a comment as an update!

Also, be sure to read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document on Google Apps in Education.

Thanks to Doug Johnson for a great article in ISTE's Learning and Leading with Technology, as well as two blog entries which share his approach to using GoogleApps for Education in a school district! If only more public school districts were as innovative!

• Who Own's GoogleApps' content?
• Do you really need a class on Gmail?
• Computing in the Clouds (great article on the subject published by ISTE)

I'm also enjoying watching these videos on using GoogleApps in the Classroom from Dan Rezac:

• Google Apps in the Class: Text Coding in Google Docs
• What can you learn from a first year Tech Instructor?
• Google Apps for Education and the Teacher's Process
• Google Apps for the Class: Using Google Presentations
• Google Apps for the Class- Using Site Templates
• Google Apps for Education: A Primer
• Google Apps for the Class: Storyboard Template
• Google Apps in the Class: Creating Online Seating Charts
• Google Apps for Education and the Teacher's Process
  

And, a quick round-up of other stuff out there:

• Using GoogleDocs in the Classroom - Tom Barrett
• Online Spreadsheet Action
• GoogleForms in the Classroom

Thanks to Doug Johnson for pointing out these two:


Kathy Schrock's stuff at:

• http://kathyschrock.net/blog/2009/06/google-apps-for-education-overview.html

and Henry Thiele's tutorials at:

• http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B-xp41WsbkUKNDI4NGE4ZGUtMjc2Ni00NGY0LTg5ODYtMTdiNDZjNWRiYWM1&hl=en

More from the Google for Educators page:

Cheryl Davis:

• Gone Google: Integrating project-based lessons with Google tools
• Gone Google Podcasts
• Gone Google Handouts and Sample Lessons

Esther Wojcicki:

• Docs and Spreadsheets in the Classroom [PDF]

Jerome Burg:

• Google Lit Trips

Chris Walsh:

• Searching with Google handout [PDF]

Mike Lawrence:

• Blogger Basics [PDF]

The more districts hesitate to take the plunge, the greater the digital divide for their students and teachers.

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